Author: Carma Henry

     The acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, Todd Lyons, said at a border security conference in Phoenix last week that the agency needs “to get better at treating this like a business” and suggested the nation’s deportation system could function “like Amazon, trying to get your product delivered in 24 hours.”

Michael Ealy will play Malcolm X in The Greatest, Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming limited series about boxing legend Muhammad Ali. The show will follow Ali’s personal and public life, with Jaalen Best starring as the champion.

The YMCA of South Florida kicked off the season of water safety and drowning prevention with the annual “Swim for Jenny,” a week of free water safety lessons at several YMCA family centers in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. More than 2,100 children and adults received free lessons.

       Nearly 80% of American households engage in some form of spring cleaning at least once a year, making it the perfect time to prepare your home for the warmer months ahead. By proactively making a few easy changes now, you can help keep your energy bill as low as possible when temperatures rise. 

Broward Health is pleased to announce that S&P Global Ratings has upgraded its long-term rating on Broward Health’s 2017B revenue bonds from ‘A-‘ to ‘A+’. Jumping two ratings at S&P is a rare achievement, particularly in today’s healthcare economic landscape, and underscores significant improvements in Broward Health’s financial stability and operational performance. The outlook remains stable.

      If you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), your airways may be inflamed. It may be hard to take deep breaths and get enough oxygen.

     Michael Coker, a pioneering force in HBCU baseball and contributor to Black College Nines, passed away on Tuesday, April 22, after a lengthy battle with pancreatic and prostate cancer, according to the website.

     The Wildcats’ softball team wraps up the regular season with a key Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) series against Jackson State University at Sunnyland Park April 25-26.

       The headlines are oppressively constant with more shootings, more hate crimes, more senseless deaths. The air feels heavy with a thick musty smell of fear and rage. It’s hard to ignore the feeling that we’ve slipped into a lawless, dangerous era trumped with more weapons of human destruction. like a modern-day Wild Wild West where life feels cheaper, and anger burns hotter. But even as the chaos seems to grow louder, I believe there’s still a quieter force like the smell of Jasmine rising in the background: the Booker will of the people to bring us back from the brink.

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